Pharmaceutical Formulation Characterization Design, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Pharmaceuticals (ISSN 1424-8247). This special issue belongs to the section "Pharmaceutical Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 September 2026 | Viewed by 1128
Special Issue Editors
Interests: buccal polymer films; mucoadhesion; proteins; Quality by Design; permeation enhancing
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Interests: solid dosage forms; tablets; Quality by Design; factorial design; artificial neural network
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of Pharmaceuticals is dedicated to reporting the latest scientific results in the field of "Formulation Characterization Design". At present, it is very important that, before the industrial production of pharmaceuticals, a given pharmaceutical form is extensively tested, which includes various structural tests, physical tests, and pharmacokinetic tests. It is necessary to find out whether there is any change in the active ingredient during pharmaceutical technological processes and whether this could influence the development of the effect. It is necessary to understand the relationships between different structural properties, the dissolution profile, and the effect on development in order to be able to design medicines more efficiently based on new knowledge. Appropriate planning is also very important and can be achieved primarily through risk analysis, the Quality by Design (QbD) approach, and the use of factorial experimental design (DoE). It is possible to determine the design space, which provides accurate information about the Critical Process Parameter (CPP) values, within which the product with the quality target product profile (QTPP) will be suitable. Based on these, we can gain new knowledge and connections that are essential for efficient production later on. This Special Issue primarily publishes results related to the above-mentioned topics or those that are similar, mainly in the field of solid dosage formulation or intermediate products that can be used in them. We welcome papers from both the field of traditional dosage forms such as tablets, granules, and innovative dosage forms such as buccal films, inhalation powders, nasal preparations, transdermal drug delivery systems, etc.
Dr. Katalin Kristó
Dr. Tamás Sovány
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Quality by Design
- factorial design
- design space
- solid dosage forms
- risk assessment
- critical process parameters
- quality target product profile
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